Printing apparatus.



No. 663,291. Patented Dec. 4, 1900.

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PRINTING APPARATUS.

(Application filed Jan. 24, 1900.)

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CAROLINE MONTEITH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PRINTING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 663,291, dated December 4, 1900.

Application filed January 24, 1900. Serial No. 2,625. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CAROLINE M ONTEITH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Printing Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to educational appliances; and its object is to provide a new and improved printing apparatus more especially designed for use in kindergarten, primary, and other schools, but equally well adapted for preparing bulletins, charts, or the like, the apparatus being Very simple and durable in construction and arranged to permit small children and unskilled persons to conveniently handle the apparatus for producing the desired printed matter.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the same on the line 3 3 in Fig. 2. Fig. a is a transverse section of the same on the line 4 4 in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a plan View of the same arranged for printing a card. Fig. 6 is a perspective View of a modified form of type holder and spacer. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of one of the types, and Fig. 8 isaperspective view of the paper-drum.

Theimproved printing apparatus is. provided with a base A, on one end of which is formed a casing B, having a hinged hood or cover B for giving access to the interior of the casing. In the casing is journaled adrum or shaft 0 for carrying a roll of paper D,adapted to be unwound from the drum 0 and passed forward into and through a paper-guideway E, arranged on top of the base A, as is plainly illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4. One outer end of the drum 0 is provided with a handle 0, adapted to be taken hold of by the operator to wind up or unwind the paper as required in using the device in themanner hereinafter more fully described. The inner end of the paper is inserted in a slot or recess 0 (see Fig. 8,) arranged longitudinallyin the drum, to attach the paper to the drum and permit of conveniently winding the paper up on the drum ready for use in the apparatus.

The guideway E is formed partly by the base A and by u pwardly-turned and inwardlycurved arms E, arranged at the outer and inner ends of the base A, the arms terminating in longitudinally-extending plates E extending over the base A and spaced'therefrom for the passage of the paper between the bases of said plates E From the inner ends of the latter rise guideways F, extending longitudinally from the outer end of the base to the casing B, and on the upper ends of said guides F are formed outwardly-extending flanges G for forming guideways for a type holder and spacer H in the form of a plate extending across the flanges G over the guides F, the ends of the plate being formed with downwardly and inwardly extending flanges H for engaging the under sides of the flanges G. In the holder H is formed an aperture H for receiving a type-block I, made to correspond to the shape of the aperture H and one side wall H of the aperture is of less width than the opposite side wall H and the said side wall H serves to form the proper space between two words, as hereinafter more fully described. The front and rear walls H and H are spaced apart corresponding to the distance between the guides F, so that the typeblock I, inserted in the aperture 11*, fits with its frontand rear faces on said guideways F, so as to prevent the type-block from moving transversely while in position to insure the making of a proper impression on the paper D, appearing below the guides F, as will be readily understood by reference to the drawings. Each type I has a body in the shape of a block, preferably square, a rubber or other type I being secured to the under side of the block, the character of the type being arranged at one side of the bottom, as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 7, so that when an imprint is made and the typeblook has been removed from the holder H then the impression appears at the left of the opening H when viewed from above to permit the operator to either move the paper or to shift the holder I-I so as to bring the wall H to such a position that the next impression is a distance from the previous impression corresponding to the width of the wall H In order to make a spacebetween succeeding words, the holder H is reversed on its guideway, so that the wall I-I indicates the divisional space between the succeeding impressions-that is, between the last letter of the first word and the first letter of the next following word, as shown in Fig. 2. The same result can be obtained by leaving the holder H in position after the last letter in the word is printed and then placing the type-block for the first letter of the following word outside the holder and down into the guides along the outside edge of the wall H In this manner the words become properly spaced, as the type I only occupies the portion of the bottom of the block at the left-hand side, and consequently the remaining space from the type I to the right-hand edge of the block, plus the width of the wall H gives the proper width of the space between succeeding words. It is understood that in using the device the holder H may be held stationary on the slide and the paper D be pulled out to unwind from the roller 0, or the paper may be left stationary in the guideway E and the holder H moved from left to right and the proper blocks inserted therein to make the desired impressions. It is also understood that in kindergarten and other primary work children readily become acquainted with the letters of the alphabet, punctuation-marks, and other characters and signs and can readily print words or other matter by the use of the apparatus in the manner described.

In order to enable children to readily find the proper type and insert the same properly in the holder H, each side of the type-block is formed near its upper end with a character corresponding to that represented by the type I, and a similar character is on the top of the type-block and in a position correspond to the characters on the sides and ends, and

insert the block in proper position in the opening H to make a correct impression, owing to the character on the top of the typeblock.

Instead of using a holder H, having a single aperture, a holder H having a plurality of apertures H may be employed, as shown in Fig. 6, the said holder being mounted to slide on the flanges G, the apertures being separated by walls H to form with the unoccupied bottom portion of the type-block wide but uniform spaces between adjacent letters, signs, or other characters. This holder H is especially serviceable for the use of children uuacquainted with the characters on and printed by the various type and unable to do neat and accurate work until they are familiar with the apparatus. The child is hence made first acquainted witha limited number of types, and these types are used successively in the apertures of the holder H held stationary for the time being, so that impressions are made equal distances apart to insure an orderly arrangement and to gain a clear impression, which would not be the case if a movable holder and spacer H were used first, as it requires more judgment in adjusting and some skill in handling.

The improved device illustrated in the drawings is preferably made of sheet metal, so as to be durable and yet light in construction. By forming the paper-guideway in the manner described a card D or other article may be pushed transversely into the guideway between the arms E, and then the desired matter can be printed on this card by using the holder H and the corresponding type-block in the manner described.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent 1. A printing apparatus, provided with a guideway having longitudinal parallel members extending over or in front of the paper to be printed on, and a type holder and spacer movable on said guideway, for guiding a typeblock between the members of the guideway to the paper, to make an impression thereon, said holder having a type-receiving opening with a continuous surrounding wall, substantially as shown and described.

2. A printing apparatus, comprising parallel longitudinal guideways located one above the other, one for the paper and the other for the type holder and spacer, and a type holder and spacer movable on the upper guideway and adapted to receive the type-block and guide the latter between the members of the upper guideway to the paper in the lower guideway, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a printing apparatus, a type holder and spacer havinga type-holding opening the end walls of which are at diiferent distances from the respective ends of the type-holder, thus forming cross-barsof different width between said opening and the ends of the holder.

4. A printing apparatus, provided with spaced longitudinal guideways, and a typeholder mounted to slide on said guideways and having a type-holding opening with opposing walls extending transversely of the guideways,so that a type inserted in said opening will be carried with the holder whether the latter be moved toward one end of the guideways or the other.

5. A printing apparatus, provided with spaced longitudinal guideways, and a typeholder mounted to slide on said guideways and having a type-holding opening, and spaced longitudinal guideways extending lengthwise under the first-mentioned guideways, and of greater width than the same.

6. A printing apparatus having a type holder and spacer arranged for sliding 011 a guideway, and having in its top an aperture for the passage of the type-block, the side walls of the aperture being of different width,

substantially as shown and described.

7. A printing apparatus, provided with longitudinal guideways arranged for the type holder and spacer to slide on, and for bolding the type-block against transverse movement, said guideways comprising a base, vertical and longitudinally extending spaced Walls, flanges extending outwardly from the upper ends of said walls, and a longitudinal guideway for the paper, and arranged below the said walls on said base, said guideway being wider than the space between said Walls, substantially as shown and described.

8. A printing apparatus, comprisinga base, a casing at one end of the said base, a paperroll journaled in the said casing, a paperguideway on the said base and extending 1ongitudinally from the bottom of the casing, a longitudinal type-block guide rising from the said base above the paper-guideway, flanges extending outwardly from the upper ends of the said type-block guide, and a type holder and spacer slidable on the said flanges and extending across the type-block guide, with an aperture in the top of the type holder and spacer, to receive the type-block and guide it between the type-block guide and to the paper in the paper-guideway, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CAROLINE MON TEITH.

Witnesses: A

MARY HARRIS MONTEITH, ARTHUR W. MEAD. 

